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1. IN AN INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING A CAPACITY FOR MESSAGES COMPRISING N CHARACTERS EACH REPRESENTED BY AN ELECTRICAL PULSE SEQUENCE CORRESPONDING TO A DIGITAL CODE SEQUENCE OF M BITS PRODUCED AT THE RATE OF F BITS PER SECOND; TIMING MEANS FOR PRODUCING A SERIES OF CLOCK PULSES AT THE RATE OF F BITS PER SECOND; MEANS CONNECTED TO AND CONTROLLED BY SAID TIMING MEANS FOR PERIODICALLY GENERATING A FIRST ORDERED SEQUENCE OF M+2 ELECTRICAL SIGNALS B1, B2...BM+2 EACH HAVING A DURATION OF 1/F SECONDS AND EACH CORRESPONDING IN TIME TO A CLOCK PULSE, A SECOND ORDERED SEQUENCE OF K+1 SECOND ELECTRICAL SIGNALS S1...SK+1 EACH HAVING A DURATION OF
 9. A MESSAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, COMPRISING; A CATHODE RAY TUBE HAVING A DISPLAY SCREEN, MEANS FOR FOCUSSING A BEAM OF ELECTRONS ON SAID DISPLAY SCREEN, MEANS FOR MODULATING THE INTENSITY OF SAID BEAM, AND HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL BEAM DEFLECTION MEANS; MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A TRIANGULAR HORIZONTAL SWEEP VOLTAGE TO SAID HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION MEANS HAVING A PERIOD OF D/2 SECONDS, A RISE TIME OF
 17. IN COMBINATION, A CONSOLE HAVIANG A KEYBOARD AND A CATHODE RAY TUBE HAVING A VISIBLE SCREEN MOUNTED THEREON, SAID KEYBOARD BEING PROVIDED WITH KEYS LABELED WITH CHARACTERS IN A SELECTED ALPHABET, A RECIRCULATING DELAY LINE, MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID KEYS WHEN SEQUENTIALLY ACTUATED FOR STORING A SEQUENCE OF CHARACTER CODES IN SAID DELAY LINES REPRESENTING THE CHARACTERS LABELED ON THE KEYS, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE STORED CHARACTER CODES FOR DISPLAYING THE ASSOCIATED CHARACTERS ON THE SCREEN. 